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Jotham's Parable (Judges 9:7-21)

There are not many parables in the OT as we can find in the NT. The parable is a critique on the aftermath of the narrative about Gidon. The metaphorical picture it conveys is from the realm of trees evaluating certain qualities of them.
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Word | Meaning |
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נֶפֶשׁ | soul, life |
נֶגֶד | in front of, before; opposite, counterpart |
נצל | deliver, take away |
מִדְיָן | Midian; strife |
קום | stand up, stand |
הרג | kill, slay |
שֶׁבַע | seven (masculine) |
אֶבֶן | stone |
אֶחָד | one (masculine) |